WinebyCai | February 23, 2011
A NIGHT OUT ON THE RHONE I realized from the amount of ‘Out of Office’ replies I received to last week’s Weekly Re’Wine’der that it’s vacation time in Rye! In fact between now and the end of April there is at least one school that will be on holiday each and every week! Not to [...]
WinebyCai | February 17, 2011
I had time last week to read through some other wine blogs and wine e-mails and endless e-blasts plying you with senseless offers of wines at below cost etc. etc. I came away with a modest headache and in need of a glass of wine, but also some personal thoughts of my own. Firstly, you [...]
WinebyCai | February 11, 2011
Dear Wine Enthusiast, Dinner with Cecile Dusserre On March 9 Wine at Five will be hosting our first Wine & Dine Event for 2011. Our guest of honor will be Cecile Dusserre. Regular readers may remember that Cecile is the owner and wine-maker of Domaine Montvac. Cecile’s 2009 Cote du Rhone was my vote for Wine [...]
WinebyCai | February 11, 2011
Straight Jacket Chardonnay 2008 The fruit for Strait Jacket Chardonnay is sourced primarily from Margaret River, the Great Southern and Pemberton regions in the South West of Western Australia. These regions give different flavour profiles that contribute well to the final blend. Margaret River tends to give riper fruit characters of fig and stonefruit while the [...]
WinebyCai | February 4, 2011
Vino Italia – New York I spent a few days last week wondering around the cavernous rooms of the Waldorf Hotel. As a location its certainly not the best place to put on a large wine trade show. Once upon a time the staff may have been Italian and may have taken a keener interest [...]